Charlie originally thought that the "helper" that Osamu Dazai mentioned was just talking. It wasn't until Osamu Dazai who couldn't see the sun threw him at the door as a receptionist when he was wearing an expensive tuxedo at first glance, that Charlie discovered that Osamu Dazai was employing people. Really relentless.

"Although I feel a little sorry for this, I will become what I am now. After all, I can't get rid of Mr. Charlie."

"Besides, Mr. Charlie told me just now that he would be responsible for me." Osamu Dazai crossed his arms and pinched his chin with one hand: "So it shouldn't be too much to ask you to be responsible now, right?"

—There may indeed be nothing wrong with that.

Although Charlie only wanted to say hello to this "partner" when no one was paying attention, maybe it was because the light in those iris-colored eyes was so calm that he came back to his senses At the time, he was already standing at the door holding the list of employees and VIPs.

……Fine.

Seeing Charlie going out, Osamu Dazai was also in a daze.He didn't expect that he would actually go out and become a "volunteer" just by talking casually about the other party. After all, Charlie shouldn't look so innocent.So the other party probably really felt... ashamed?

Of course, Osamu Dazai's character will not feel uneasy because of fooling one or two innocent and kind people, so after Charlie's figure disappeared, Osamu Dazai also made a final inventory of the exhibits in the venue.

Not long after the exhibition started, Kusanagi Izumo and Oda Sakunosuke arrived at the venue as scheduled.At that time, there were not many people in the venue, and Osamu Dazai still had some leisure time to show them around.

"To be honest, I'm not very good at appreciating art." Izumo Kusanagi, who had changed into a relatively formal dark brown suit, raised his hand to straighten his hair at the sideburns, speaking in a thick Kyoto accent Complaining: "And you can't smoke in the venue..."

"Then it's really an honor that you are willing to honor me." Dazai Osamu lightly swept the introduction board of the jade pot in front of him with his fingertips: "Actually, I've always been a little curious—"

There was a pause in his voice, Dazai Osamu did not turn his head to look at Kusanagi Izumo beside him, but continued to ask with the corners of his lips raised, "Who are you?"

Izumo Kusanagi glanced at Osamu Dazai, then shrugged lightly: "As you can see, he is just a bartender who is forced to take over the bar temporarily."

"You know that's not what I asked." Osamu Dazai turned his gaze sideways and met Kusanagi Izumo's eyes: "Even if you deliberately conceal it, you will still say something that is not very similar to the era of 'Taisho'. A matching word, isn't it?"

"I've obviously responded to you, but you never seem to want to reveal anything more to me."

The eyes behind the brown lenses dimmed for a moment, but soon, a smile appeared on Kusanagi Izumo's face: "I really lost to you——If this is the case, it's useless to pretend to be stupid."

"Yes, I am indeed a person from another time and space like you."

When mentioning "you", Kusanagi Izumo's eyes turned around Oda Sakunosuke, who was much shorter than the two of them.Osamu Dazai and Sakunosuke Oda have known each other for a long time, but the two of them seem to be existing in an "unnatural" state.

Kusanagi Izumo didn't know the reason why these two people turned into their respective appearances, and because of this, he was more willing to test sideways than face-to-face conversations.But even though he spent all day with Oda Sakunosuke, he couldn't find any useful information from him.

Because except for the time with Osamu Dazai, this guy with the appearance of a child hardly thinks about his past at all-even avoids it.

Of course, what Kusanagi Izumo wants to know is not the past of Oda Sakunosuke or Dazai Osamu.Compared with those things that have already happened, what deserves his attention are the things that may happen in the future.

"Then can I ask questions instead?" Putting his hand in his pocket casually, Kusanagi Izumo wanted to take out the cigarette case, but then remembered that smoking is not allowed in the venue, so he retracted his hand embarrassingly: "Why are you asking now?"

"Do you feel that the environment in the bar is not satisfactory enough for you?" As he spoke, Kusanagi Izumo put his hands that had no place to rest on the back of his head: "Well, when you went to Lupin, the store was quite deserted. It’s not like we can’t even talk about the topic.”

Osamu Dazai lowered his eyes: "Perhaps I shouldn't prolong the conversation for too long. There is a smoking room in the venue."

"So I'll just say—"

When he raised his gaze again, Dazai Osamu's kite-colored eyes seemed to be burning with some kind of scorching heat, as if he wanted to melt away all the cover-ups the other party had made in front of him.

"Because you are here."

Osamu Dazai took half a step in the direction of Kusanagi Izumo, and said softly, almost close to the other's ear: "You are also here because you are looking for something, aren't you?"

"If you really have nothing else to ask for, there is no need for me to come into your sight."

Kusanagi Izumo frowned slightly at the sudden close distance, he took a step aside calmly, and distanced himself from Dazai Osamu: "You're not wrong—"

"But you don't need to be on such guard against me, because what I want to find is not the 'book' you care about." Kusanagi Izumo raised his hand and pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose: "What I want to find is one person."

"I see." The aura on Osamu Dazai's body seemed to relax suddenly, and the smile on his face seemed to be a little softer than before: "Then we may consider cooperating."

"After all, they are also people living in this world."

Seeing the bandaged hand stretched out in front of him, Kusanagi Izumo didn't show any more hesitation.The other party was undoubtedly a very smart guy, and it's never a bad thing to cooperate with smart people.

"Then let me look forward to a happy cooperation." Kusanagi Izumo said as he shook the somewhat cold hand.

The number of people at the venue gradually increased, and when some celebrities and elites specially invited by Onimai Tsuji Wuchan appeared at the venue, Osamu Dazai, who was in charge, had to withdraw to deal with it.

After going to the smoking room to "renew his life", Kusanagi Izumo also began to chat with the people in the venue in a casual manner-he was quite good at such things.

When Kusanagi Izumo was chatting with people, Oda Sakunosuke who came with him always followed quietly.He is not very interested in the jade pots for sale in the venue, and it seems that he is not suitable to talk to those "elites" in the form of a child.

Bored, Oda Sakunosuke was wandering around not far from Kusanagi Izumo, but just after turning a certain corner, he suddenly felt a somewhat scorching gaze.

As if with some kind of special scrutiny.

Oda Sakunosuke subconsciously turned his head to look in that direction, but only saw a touch of unfamiliar red hair.

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